UG courses

• Engineering Drawing (Instructor and tutor).
• Environmental Engineering-I.
• Environmental Engineering-II.
• Surveying.
• Civil Engineering Drawing.

PG courses

• Process Chemistry for Water and Wastewater Treatment.
• Biological Processes in Environmental Engineering.
• Physico-chemical processes in Environmental Engineering.
• Industrial wastewater pollution control.
• Air and Noise Pollution.

Courses conducted

• Coordinator of a QIP sponsored short-term course tilted Recent Developments in Wastewater Treatment using Anaerobic Reactors, at IIT Guwahati, Department of Civil Engineering during December 26-30, 2006.
• Co-coordinator of MDONER Training Course on Water Quality Monitoring for Water Treatment Plant Operators Of Northeastern States held at IIT Guwahati on June 26-30, 2006.

• Anoxic aerobic treatment of hydrocarbon, sulfide rich wastewater and recovery of sulfur
• Aerobic granular reactor for industrial high strength wastewater treatment
• Removal of heavy metals and dyes by polymers
• Wetland treatment for domestic and industrial wastewater

List of Journal Publications

Year 2021

44. Subrat Kumar Mallick and Saswati Chakraborty, Treatment of petroleum wastewater contaminated with hydrocarbons and inorganics by anoxic-aerobic sequential moving bed reactors, Journal of Environmental Management, 288 (201), 112430.

Year 2020

43. Sayanti Ghosh and Saswati Chakraborty, Production of polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA) from aerobic granules of refinery sludge and Micrococcus aloeverae strain SG002 cultivated in oily wastewater. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 2020, 155, 105091

42. Sachin K Tomar and Saswati Chakraborty, Impact of high phenol loading on aerobic granules from two different kinds of industrial sludge along with thiocyanate and ammonium. Bioresource Technology, 2020, 315, 123824

41.Shweta Singh and Saswati Chakraborty, Performance of organic substrate amended constructed wetland treating acid mine drainage (AMD) of North-Eastern India. Journal of Hazardous Materials, 2020, 397, 122719.

40. Subrat Kumar Mallick and Saswati Chakraborty, Bioremediation of hydrocarbon containing wastewater in anoxic-aerobic sequential reactors. Environmental Technology (United Kingdom), 2020, 41(22), pp. 2884-2897.

39. Subrat Kumar Mallick and Saswati Chakraborty, Salinity footprint on anoxic-aerobic sequential moving bed reactors during petroleum refinery wastewater treatment: Effects on the dominant species. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020, 37, 101376

38. Sachin K Tomar and Saswati Chakraborty, Impact of thiocyanate on the reformation of aerobic granules from the disintegrated granules treating phenol-contained wastewater along with the recovery of nitritation efficiency. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 2020, 36, 101260.

37. Sayanti Ghosh and Saswati Chakraborty, Impacts of hydraulic retention time on granule behaviour and reactor activity during hydrocarbon degradation in aerobic granular reactors (AGRs) with phytotoxicity analysis. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 2020, 151, 104963.

36. Christy Benny and Saswati Chakraborty, Continuous removals of phenol, organics, thiocyanate and nitrogen in horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland. Journal of Water Process Engineering, 33 (2020), 101099 (Elsevier, IF = 3.173).

Year 2019

35. Sayanti Ghosh and Saswati Chakraborty, Influence of inoculum variation on formation and stability of aerobic granules in oily wastewater treatment. Journal of Environmental Management, 248 (2019) (Elsevier, IF = 4.865).

34. Sachin Kumar Tomar, Saswati Chakraborty, Comparison of rapid granulation developed from the same industrial sludge with two different substrates. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 142, 218-226 (2019) (Elsevier, IF = 3.824).

33. Subrat Kumar Mallick and Saswati Chakraborty, Varied infeed inorganics and organics for the assimilation of aqueous petrochemical products in anoxic fed-batch reactors: Maximizing precipitation of S⁰. Separation and Purification Technology, 219, 268-290 (2019) (Elsevier, IF = 3.927).

32. Subrat Kumar Mallick and Saswati Chakraborty, Bioremediation of wastewater from automobile service station in anoxic- aerobic sequential reactors and microbial analysis. Chemical Engineering Journal, 361, 982-989 (2019) (Elsevier, IF = 6.735).

Year 2018

31. Praisy Terangpi, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Improved removal of hexavalent chromium from 10 mg/L solution by new micron sized polymer clusters of aniline formaldehyde condensate. Chemical Engineering Journal, 350, 599-607 (2018), (Elsevier, IF =6.735).

30. Sachin Kumar Tomar, Saswati Chakraborty, Effect of air flow rate on development of aerobic granules, biomass activity and nitrification efficiency for treating phenol, thiocyanae and ammonia. Journal of Environmental Management, 219, 178-188 (2018) (Elsevier, IF = 4.01).

29. Biju Prava Sahariah, J. Anandkumar and Saswati Chakraborty, Stability of continuous and fed batch sequential anaerobic anoxic aerobic moving bed bioreactor systems at phenol shock load application. Environmental Technology, 39(15), 1898-1907 (2018) (Taylor and Francis, IF 1.76).

28. Biju Prava Sahariah, J. Anandkumar and Saswati Chakraborty, Pyridine influence on sequential anaerobic-anoxic- aerobic FMBR system for phenol, thiocyanate and ammonia removal. Environmental Technology, 39(14), 1786-1794 (Taylor and Francis, IF 1.76).

27. Sachin Kumar Tomar, Saswati Chakraborty, Characteristics of aerobic granules treating phenol and ammonia at different cycle time and upflow liquid velocity. International Biodeterioration and Biodegradation, 127, 113-123 (2018) (Elsevier, IF =2.962).

Year 2017

26. Subrat Kumar Mallick and Saswati Chakraborty, Treatment of synthetic refinery wastewater in anoxic - aerobic sequential moving bed reactors and sulphur recovery. J. Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 52(13), 1257-1268 (2017) (Taylor and Francis, IF 1.425).

25.  Sagar Patil and Saswati Chakraborty, Effects of step-feeding and intermittent aeration on organics and nitrogen removal in a horizontal subsurface flow constructed wetland. Journal of Environmental Science and Health, Part A, 52(4), 403-412 (2017) (Taylor and Francis, IF 1.425).

24.  T. Vishnuvardhan Reddy, Sachin Chauhan, Saswati Chakraborty, Adsorption isotherm and kinetics analysis of hexavalent chromium and mercury on mustard oil cake. Environmental Engineering Research, 22(1), 95-107 (2017) (Korean society of Environmental Engineers).

23.  Praisy Terangpi and Saswati Chakraborty, Adsorption kinetics and equilibrium studies for removal of acid azo dyes by aniline formaldehyde condensate. Applied Water Science, 7, 3661-3671 (2017) (Springer).

Year 2015

22.  B. P. Sahariah, J. Anandkumar and S. Chakraborty, Treatment of coke oven wastewater in an anaerobic anoxic aerobic moving bed bioreactor system, Desalination and Water Treatment, 1-7 (2015) (Taylor and Francis) (IF =1.272).

21.  B. P. Sahariah and S. Chakraborty, Comparative study on response of thiocyanate shock load on continuous and fed batch anaerobic anoxic aerobic sequential moving bed reactors, Environmental Engineering Research, 20(1), 65-72 (2015) (Korean society of Environmental Engineers).

Year 2013

20.  Biju Prabha Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Performance of anaerobic anoxic aerobic batch fed moving bed reactor at varying phenol feed concentration and hydraulic retention time, Clean Technology and Environmental Policy,15(2),225-233 (2013) (Springer) (IF = 1.934).

19.    Biju Prabha Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Effect of cycle time and fill time on the performance of an anaerobic anoxic aerobic fed batch moving bed reactor, Environmental Technology, 34(2), 245-256 92013) (Taylor and Francis) (IF 1.76) .

18.  Animesh Debnath and Saswati Chakraborty, Experimental design to optimise colour removal of diazo dye Congo red using zero-valent iron, International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, 11(3), 267-288 (2013) (Inderscience).

Year 2012

17.    Biju Prabha Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Effect of feed concentration and hydraulic retention time on removal of phenol, thiocyanate and nitrate nitrogen in anoxic fed batch moving bed reactor, Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry, 94(9), 1629-1645 (2012) (Taylor & Francis) (IF = 0.634).

Year 2011

16.    Biju Prabha Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Kinetic analysis of phenol, thiocyanate and ammonia nitrogen removals in an anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic moving bed bioreactor system, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 190(1-3),261-267 (2011) (Elsevier).

Year 2009

15.    Potsangbam Albino Kumar and Saswati Chakraborty, Fixed bed column study for hexavalent chromium removal and recovery by short chain polyaniline synthesized on jute fiber, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 162, 1086-1098, (2009) (Elsevier).

14.    Bedabrata Saha, Saswati Chakraborty and Gopal Das, A mechanistic insight into enhanced and selective phosphate adsorption on a coated carboxylated surface, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 331, 21-26 (2009) (Elsevier).

13.    Potsangbam Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Adsorption behaviour of trivalent chromium on amine-based polymer aniline formaldehyde condensate, Chemical Engineering Journal, 149, 340-347 (2009) (Elsevier).

Year 2008

12.    Potsangbam Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Removal and recovery of chromium from wastewater using short chain polyaniline synthesized on jute fiber, Chemical Engineering Journal, 141 (1-3), 130-140 (2008) (Elsevier).

11.    Bedabrata Saha, Saswati Chakraborty and Gopal Das, A comparative metal ion adsorption study by trimesic acid coated alumina: A potent adsorbent, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 323(1), 26-32 (2008) (Elsevier).

10.    Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Biju Prabha Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic attached growth ssytem for removals of ammonia-nitrogen and high concentration of phenol, Journal of Environmental Research and Development, 3(2), 442-448 (2008).

9.      Bedabrata Saha; Saswati Chakraborty, Gopal Das, Trimesic acid coated alumina: An efficient multi-cyclic adsorbent for toxic Cu(II), Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 320 (1), 30-39 (2008) (Elsevier).  

Year 2007

8.      Potsangbam Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Potentials of waste biomaterials to remove, reduce and recover hexavalent chromium from aqueous solution, International Journal of Chemical Sciences, 5(4), 1678-1690 (2007).

7.      G. Pramod Kumar, P. Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Uptake and desorption of copper ion using functionalized polymer coated silica gel in aqueous environment, Separation and purification Technology, 57, 47-56 (2007) (Elsevier).

6.      P. Albino Kumar, Manabendra Ray and Saswati Chakraborty, Hexavalent chromium removal from wastewater using aniline formaldehyde condensate coated silica gel, Journal of Hazardous Materials, 143, 24-32 (2007) (Elsevier). 

Year 2006

5.      Manish Kumar and Saswati Chakraborty, Chemical denitrification of water by zero-valent magnesium powder, Journal of Hazardous Materials, B135, 112-121 (2006) (Elsevier).

4.      Saswati Chakraborty and Vinod Tare, Role of various parameters in synthesis of insoluble agrobased xanthates for removal of copper from wastewater, Bioresource Technology, 97, 2407-2413 (2006) (Elsevier).

3.      Saswati Chakraborty and H. Veeramani, Effect of HRT and Recycle ratio on removal of cyanide, phenol, thiocyanate and ammonia in an anaerobic anoxic aerobic continuous system, Process Biochemistry, 41(1), 96-105 (2006) (Elsevier).

Year 2005

2.      Saswati Chakraborty and H. Veeramani, Response of pulse phenol injection on an anaerobic-anoxic-aerobic system, Bioresource Technology, 96 (7), 761-767 (2005) (Elsevier).

Year 2002

1.      Saswati Chakraborty and H. Veeramani (2002) Anaerobic - anoxic - aerobic sequential degradation of synthetic wastewaters Applied Biochemistry Biotechnology, 102-103, 443-451(Springer).   

Conference (International)

• Sayanti Ghosh and Saswati Chakraborty, Aerobic granulation in oily wastewater treatment: Granule characterization, pollutant removal, and phyto-toxicity study, International conference on advanced Technologies for industrial Pollution Control (ATIPC-2018), organized by Civil Engineering Department, IIEST, Shibpur, December 17-19, 2018.
• Biju P Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Performance of anoxic fed batch biofilm reactor treating synthetic wastewater containing thiocyanate, nitrate-n and ammonia-n with varied influent phenol, International Conference on sustainable Water Resource Management and Treatment Technologies (Water-2011), National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, January 19^th to 21^st, 2011, India.
• Potsangbam Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Recycle and reuse of amine based polymer polyaniline synthesized on jute fiber for removal of copper ions from wastewater, First International Conference on Recycling and Reuse of Materials (ICRM-2009) organized by Institute of Macromolecular Science and Engineering (IMSE), Kottayam, Kerala, India during July 17^th to 19^th, 2009.  
• Bhaskar Jyoti Deka, Biju Prabha Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Treatment of synthetic wastewater containing phenol and ammonia-nitrogen in a three-stage attached growth system, Indo-Italian International Conference on Green & Clean Environment (GCE-2008) organized and sponsored by Embassy of Italy, New Delhi in association with MAEER�s College of Engineering, Pune, India during March 20^th to 21^st, 2008 in Pune, India.
• P. Albino Kumar and Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Effect of solution pH and kinetics on removal of trivalent chromium by aniline formaldehyde condensate coated silica gel, in 2nd International Symposium on Environment held in Athens, Greece on 2^nd to 5^th August 2007.  
• Dasari Sudhakar and S. Chakraborty, Chemical decolorization of bismark brown azo dye using zero-valent iron powder, in International Conference on Civil Engineering in the New Millennium: Opportunities and Challenges (CENeM-2007), held at the Bengal Engineering and Science University, Shibpur, Howrah (near Kolkata), West Bengal, India during January 11^th to 14^th January, 2007.
• P. Vijender Reddy and S. Chakraborty, Chemical denitrification of drinking water using zero valent iron at neutral pH, in International Conference on Soil and groundwater contamination: Risk assessment and remedial measures at National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, India, on December 8^th to 11^th, 2004.  
• Saswati Chakraborty and H. Veeramani, Biological removal of cyanide in suspended growth batch anaerobic reactor, in Indo-French seminar on Emerging Technologies for Water and Wastewater Management at Indian Institute of Delhi, India, February, 9^th to 12^th, 2004.

Conference (National)

• Biju P Sahariah and Saswati Chakraborty, Effect of nitrate-n on the performance of anoxic fed batch reactor treating synthetic wastewater containing phenol, thiocyanate and ammonia-N, The Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2010), Annamalai University, Annamalainagar, December 27 to 29^th, India.  
• Potsangbam Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Adsorption of cationic and anionic metal ions: versatility of functionalized polymer, at annual conference on Zero waste for sustainable development, organized by Government of Gujrat, Industries Commissionerate, Gandhinagar and Ankleshwar Industries Association, Ankleshwar, during 30^th November to 1^st December 2007.
• P. Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Potentials Of Waste Biomaterials To Remove, Reduce And Recover Hexavalent Chromium From Aqueous Solution, in National conference on frontiers in Chemical Engineering, held at IIT Guwahati, during 12^th 14^th December 2007.  
• Jonali Saikia, P. Albino Kumar, Saswati Chakraborty and Manabendra Ray, Comparison of lead ions removal by aniline formaldehyde condensate coated on silica gel, sand and egg Shell, Poster presentation in National conference on frontiers in Chemical Engineering, held at IIT Guwahati, during 12^th to 14^th December 2007.
• Saswati Chakraborty and H. Veeramani, Treatment of synthetic phenolic wastewater in batch anoxic and aerobic reactor, Proceedings of the National Conference on Integrated Sustainable Water Resources Planning and Management,Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 11-12^th October, 2003, pp 255-259.